Example sentences of "[vb mod] often " in BNC.

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1 but before that time comes we must often be together .
2 That is a book you must often have heard of — a series of letters between two lovers ; Julie and Saint-Preux .
3 As I have never been interested in argument , he must often have felt frustrated by my silences , my refusal to rise to the bait .
4 In NATO , Britain is certainly committed to common aims , and defence policy must often be cleared with NATO allies first .
5 But coastal towns , once built , must often invest millions of pounds in groins and sea-walls and often in wholesale beach replacement , simply to keep the coastline more constant than unaided nature would allow .
6 Madame had you see known him in his alcoholic days , when indeed such calm must often have been the prelude to him lurching into an argument , or falling heavily from his stool .
7 As for our own species , the oldest evidence , going back to possibly about 35,000 BC , reveals that the dead were not only equipped with weapons , tools , and ornaments but also with food , which must often have been in short supply among the living .
8 A flight of external stairs allowed him easy access to the bookroom , and there he must often have been found when the ‘ noise of Women & children ’ , which made study impossible , had driven him once again from Lime Street : it is probable that most of the poems associated with the cottage were at least partly written in the bookroom .
9 Science and the Renewal of Belief does not duck the obvious but difficult questions — as an Anglican lay minister , Professor Stannard must often meet them at grass roots .
10 The sensitive , the unsure , the non-aggressive boy reader must often feel inadequate when faced with the ‘ ideal boy ’ of stories .
11 Being Christian , Ruth should understand that in order to enjoy life one must often help others and obliterate situations that make people unhappy .
12 Technical talk , but certainly interesting , particularly perhaps for those unable to eat dairy foods and whose choice must often be severely limited when dining out .
13 The carrs of low-lying land must often have been water-logged before the complex system of drainage ditches was dug .
14 Donald and I , who as schoolboys frequented the South Kensington museums during our holidays , and returned by various routes to tea in our hated home , must often have passed that way .
15 Eve looked out of the window down the town , standing as she must often have done over the years .
16 Given the general anxiety to avoid long-term indebtedness , a stated preference for small instalments — even at the expense of a long repayment period — must often be interpreted as recognition of tight budget limits that rule out larger instalments .
17 In his time the Jews must often have felt their culture and civilization was in danger of being swallowed up by Roman domination .
18 Financial resources must often be explored with elderly people , despite the discomfort this may arouse in client and social worker .
19 It must often seem a ‘ second best ’ situation , to be resisted as long as possible , although for some vulnerable people it comes as a relief and a right , after years of effort , to feel someone else is in charge .
20 The question was one which must often have arisen in this period of extensive rebuilding : Did an altar require to be reconsecrated after it had been moved ?
21 Richard was engaged on what must often have appeared to him to be a bewildering balancing act .
22 Inevitably there is less face-to-face contact between members and communication must often take place via staff .
23 As social workers or therapists we must often accept the client 's definition but , too , we must often look behind the client 's eyes to find the problem 's underlying nature .
24 As social workers or therapists we must often accept the client 's definition but , too , we must often look behind the client 's eyes to find the problem 's underlying nature .
25 Characteristic selectivities can also , without much strain , be called ‘ ideological ’ , though something must often be allowed for an otherwise conditioned persistence of certain artistic forms embodying such selections .
26 There is no evidence that at any of these houses Smythson was involved on the same day-to-day basis as at Longleat and Wollaton ; his contribution must often have been limited to the provision of a set of plans and elevations , which were liable to alteration at the whim of the patron and executive craftsmen .
27 But in order to understand the problems faced in accounting theory students must often look to the literature on business organizations and apply it to the public sector context , albeit with great caution and common sense .
28 Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us .
29 Some kind of context must often be known ( " china-ceramics " or " china-Beijing " ) .
30 In the early twelfth century it was two shillings ; a century earlier it must often have been considerably more .
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